Sunday, August 30, 2009

Poetry: Sunday Scribblings

I can't wait to see what others at Sunday Scribblings have done for this week. Give me a prompt like "poetry," and you'll find a 'ku.

Inspiration comes

not from walking in gardens,

but walking through life.

My understanding of the art of haiku is that it primarily speaks of nature. The poet is inspired by the tree frog or the pond or the lily, and she writes of what she's found there. And we read what she has written and the thing -- of nature, of beauty, of life -- is made real to us.Thankfully, there are no such thing as 'ku cops.